Holcut High School - Eagle Yearbook (Holcut, MS)

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BOYS SPORT NEWS In October we began our basketball practice for another year. There were fifteen boys who were eager to play ball. Our coach for the year was Mr. Robert Sims. We started the season with ten new suits which were given to the following boys, Harold Woodruff, Jimmie Slack, Burtcham McAnally, Gene Lambert, Robert Lowery, john McGaughy, Gerald Hodge, Noonan Johnson, james Hill, Virgel Belue. john McGaughy was appointed captain of the team. Our first games this season were with Paden on the open courts. The scores were tied at the end of both games. We played our first game of the season on the gym with Farmington. Our boys were defeated by the strong Farmington team by a score of Z5 to Our next game was on November 3 with Wheeler. The scores were 2.4 to 34, in favor of Wheeler. November 9, we played Biggersville. Again we were defeated, the score being 16 to 35. The following game was played on November 19, 1948, at Glens. Our boys were in excellent shape and proved this by defeating the Glens team Z0 to 27. Our next game was with Belmont at Belmont. Our team lost by a score of 10 points. November 24, we played Iuka at Tishomingo gym. Our team won by one point. We then played Burnsville at Tishomingo. We won the game by a score of 17 to 20. Burnsville seemed to be displeased with the outcome of the game so we played them again the following week at Glens. Our team again won by a margin of 3 points. December 19, we played Tishomingo. The teams were evenly matched and the game proved to be very interesting.The final scores were 26 to Z7 in favor of Tishomingo. On December 16 we entered the Invitational Tournament at Wheeler. We were defeated our first game by the Thrasher team, the scores being three points in their favor. 18

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SENIOR CLASS PLAY TheCarnpbellsAre Coming, a hilarious farce in three acts, with hillbilly trimmings, describing the most effective technique for getting rid of an undesirable suitor. Outstanding roles include: Grandma Brannigan, who engineers the hoax, Louise Williams Dick Brannigan, who impersonates the family idiot, Robert Lowery Betty, the wild and shy as arabbitgranddaughter, Myra Wade Cyrus Scudder, who poses as Betty's venerable suitor, john McGaughy Catalpha Tapp, the aspiring servant girl, Quay Pruitt Bildad Tapp, Catalpa's worthless father, Gerald Hodge Kaye Brannigan, Ma's oldest granddaughter, Sadie Coker KingstonCarnpbell,Kay's city fiance, j. W. Amerson Mrs. Augusta Campbell, Kingston's aristocratic mother, Bennie jo Gamble The outstanding incident occured when the Brannigans appear barefoot, dressed in rags and carrying shotguns, frightening the Campbells half out of their wits by mistaking them for revenooers. One riotously funny situation followed another in rapid succession. 17

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December 30 we defeated Glens boys Z1 to 27. Our first game of the year of 1949 proved to be successful. We played Thrasher and carried off the high honors of a score of 21 to 18. On january 13, 1949, we played Tremont. The game was very close at the beginning, but our boys were eager to win. They went in with high spirits and at the half the scores were 8 to Z4 in favor of Holcut. The final scores were 19 to 39 in our favor. Our team met Paden at Daden on january 18. Our boys defeated the opponents 30 to 33. On january 21, Holcut played Tishorningo. The boys played very good ball but the chances seemed to be against them. The Tish boys won by one point, the score being 26 to 27. Thus far the boys have played twenty games. They have either won or tied for a majority of these games. The team has shown much improve ment since the beginning of the season and it is our hope that they will continue to do so. Reporter john McGaughy 19